I'm still getting comfortable with the notion of discussion
groups, but at least I've included a title, this time. I'm
still not sure what to expect, however. I won't' be
uncrossing my fingers until later in the day, if ever.
All the discussions about what noir is or isn't is valuable,
I'm sure, and something I'll have to review some time in the
future. It's one of those basic questions that I have a
tendency to pass over, as I focus on the people in the genre
and their plots.
On the other hand, the speculations on characters from the
classic stories, like the characters from Maltese Falcon and
Casablanca seem like great fun. Unfortunately for those among
us who look at every riddle as a potential plot, the game has
already been played, quite well, by the British film critic
(well, film critic and many other things), David Thomson, in
his 1985 leap-of-fiction, Suspects, a fun read that I would
recommend to everyone. This book follows up on the histories
of Brigid, Cody Jarrett, Travis Bickle, Roy Earle, Walter
Neff, and many of our other favorite film characters, telling
us of their stories from both before and after the curtains
came down and the last pages and frames of film in their
classic noir episodes.
I would stay away from gossip and the tabloids - this is the
real scoop on what happened to these sometimes beloved
characters. Biographies you can trust.
Regards,
David L. Wilson Downieville, CA
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